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Today’s prime tales

Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley stood out because the frontrunner of final evening’s fourth Republican main debate. Still, she’s behind former President Donald Trump, who stays the frontrunner total and has not participated within the debates, in some polls. These are five takeaways from final evening.

Republican presidential candidates from left, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy throughout a Republican presidential main debate hosted by NewsNation on Wednesday on the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

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Republican presidential candidates from left, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy throughout a Republican presidential main debate hosted by NewsNation on Wednesday on the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

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• The candidates are nonetheless “threading the needle” of not criticizing Trump whereas advocating for themselves because the best person to lead the Republican occasion, NPR’s Ximena Bustillo stories on Up First. Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was Trump’s most outspoken critic, and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis refused to reply whether or not he thought Trump was mentally match to carry workplace.
• Trump and his allies are making ready for an growth of his powers if he wins the presidency, together with extra energy to crack down on immigration and overhaul the Justice Department. 

Israel has accused the U.N. of being sluggish to reply to and condemn allegations of sexual violence towards ladies on Oct. 7 by Hamas fighters. Israel says it collected more than 1,500 eyewitness accounts of rape or proof of sexual violence from Hamas assaults. Hamas denies its fighters had been concerned in sexual violence.

• An Israeli police officer and rescue staff shared testimony with the U.N. on Monday. U.N. Women, the department that focuses on ladies’s points, stated it was deeply shocked by the accounts and although U.N. procedures can seem slow-moving, it has been carefully following stories, NPR’s Michele Kelemen says. Editor’s observe: This story and the audio include descriptions of graphic violence and sexual assault.

Check out npr.org/mideastupdates for extra protection and evaluation of this battle.

After making historical past as the one House speaker eliminated by a vote by his colleagues, Kevin McCarthy introduced he would retire at the end of the year earlier than his time period ends.

• His departure shrinks the Republican occasion’s “already razor-thin majority,” says Joshua Yeager from NPR community station KVPR in Fresno. But the chances that Democrats can flip his seat are slim, as McCarthy’s district is certainly one of California’s reddest. Yeager provides that GOP candidates can count on to “feel their purse strings tighten” within the upcoming election, as McCarthy was an enormous fundraiser for the occasion.

Senate Republicans voted yesterday to forestall debate on a security funding bill that would come with cash for Ukraine and Israel. President Biden warned Congress that it wanted to approve funding for Ukraine earlier than the vacation break, or it could strengthen Russian President Vladimir Putin’s place. Republican lawmakers wish to see U.S. border safety and immigration coverage measures added to the package deal.

Deep dive

A protestor sporting a keffiyeh waves a Palestinian flag throughout a rally in help of Palestinians in Lisbon in October.

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A protestor sporting a keffiyeh waves a Palestinian flag throughout a rally in help of Palestinians in Lisbon in October.

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Two latest incidents of violence towards folks sporting keffiyeh within the U.S. have drawn consideration to the checkered scarf, which has turn into an emblem for Palestinians. One concerned a British Punjabi man who was at a playground in Brooklyn. The second was the shooting of three college students of Palestinian descent in Vermont. So what is the keffiyeh, and who wears it?

• The Keffiyeh was the normal Arab headdress worn by nomadic Bedouin communities in historic Palestine.
• Over the final century, Palestinians adopted it as an emblem of nationalism and resistance — first towards British rule, and later, towards Israeli occupation.
• In latest instances, some folks have worn it as a political assertion and to guard their faces throughout protests from tear fuel or identification.
• Since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas warfare, some have embraced it as an emblem of unity and solidarity in help of oppressed folks — particularly Palestinian civilians in Gaza.

Today’s hear

The 1808 Érard piano that Napoleon gifted to his second spouse, Marie-Louise, is on long-term mortgage from the Museum of Music History to the Cobbe Collection of historic devices exterior London.

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The 1808 Érard piano that Napoleon gifted to his second spouse, Marie-Louise, is on long-term mortgage from the Museum of Music History to the Cobbe Collection of historic devices exterior London.

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If you hear carefully throughout Ridley Scott’s newest biopic movie Napoleon, you may hear the fragile sounds of a piano that when belonged to the French emperor himself. The greater than 200-year-old instrument was gifted to Napoleon’s second spouse, Marie-Louise. It was utilized in two introspective moments within the movie’s rating.

3 issues to know earlier than you go

Supporters maintain up a banner displaying the Haudenosaunee Confederacy as they cheer for the Haudenosaunee Nationals throughout a July 23, 2023 match towards England in San Diego, Calif.

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Supporters maintain up a banner displaying the Haudenosaunee Confederacy as they cheer for the Haudenosaunee Nationals throughout a July 23, 2023 match towards England in San Diego, Calif.

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1. President Biden stated he hopes to see a workforce of Native Americans compete under their own flag when lacrosse debuts as an Olympic sport in 2028.
2. The College Board has launched an up to date framework for its AP African American history course, following criticism from state officers and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis earlier this 12 months. The course is about to launch within the 2024-2025 college 12 months. 
3. Producer and screenwriter Norman Lear has died at 101. He was identified for addressing serious issues in humorous sitcoms like All within the Family and The Jeffersons.

This e-newsletter was edited by Majd Al-Waheidi. Anandita Bhalerao contributed.